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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) condemns in the strongest possible terms the illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson by the Russian Federation
Statement by Christa Schweng, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Dimitris Dimitriadis, president of the Section for External Relations (REX)
In the face of this tragic time caused by the unprovoked and unjustified Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, we stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. We see that the civil society in many EU countries is actively engaged in helping the refugees to heal the wounds from the war and rebuild a new life.
The EU civil society has shown impressive mobilisation and put forward major efforts to provide the Ukrainian civil society with all the necessary framework to survive from the war and adapt to the new living conditions via integration mechanisms for the Ukrainian refugees. ...
Read Mr Ruželė's testimony here
Mr Kükedi talks with us about his engagement to help Ukrainians in Ukraine and in Hungary
Before the war, there were 2.7 million Ukrainians with a disability. But what happens when disaster strikes? Ukrainians with a disability talk of being left behind, unable to access information, without accessible transport, with inaccessible evacuation centres and bomb shelters and a lack of help from humanitarian aid organisations.
Marcin Nowacki from Poland describes the humanitarian convoy to Ukraine and his trip to Lviv and Kiev.
With the participation of EESC member Małgorzata Bogusz
